2015
Obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions in a population-based, cross-sectional sample of school-aged children
Alvarenga PG, Cesar RC, Leckman JF, Moriyama TS, Torres AR, Bloch MH, Coughlin CG, Hoexter MQ, Manfro GG, Polanczyk GV, Miguel EC, do Rosario MC. Obsessive-compulsive symptom dimensions in a population-based, cross-sectional sample of school-aged children. Journal Of Psychiatric Research 2015, 62: 108-114. PMID: 25702286, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2015.01.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSchool-aged childrenPsychiatric symptomsFamily History ScreenAdditional clinical factorsSymptom dimensionsCommunity-based sampleObsessive-compulsive symptom dimensionsClinical factorsObsessive-compulsive disorderPsychiatric comorbidityClinical impairmentSchool impairmentCross-sectional sampleAge 6Clinical samplesFamilial aggregationBiological mothersChildrenBiological relativesSymptomsPrevalenceAge distributionImpairmentNon-clinical samplePresent study
2010
Predictors of early adulthood quality of life in children with obsessive–compulsive disorder
Palermo SD, Bloch MH, Craiglow B, Landeros-Weisenberger A, Dombrowski PA, Panza K, Smith ME, Peterson BS, Leckman JF. Predictors of early adulthood quality of life in children with obsessive–compulsive disorder. Social Psychiatry And Psychiatric Epidemiology 2010, 46: 291-297. PMID: 20191262, PMCID: PMC3645906, DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0194-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObsessive-compulsive disorderEarly adulthoodOCD symptomsImpaired Functioning ToolMethodsA longitudinal cohort studyLongitudinal cohort studyResultsForty-two percentSeverity of OCDAverage followClinical predictorsCohort studyPoor QoLResidual impairmentMild impairmentQoLSymptomsObjectivesThe goalAnxiety symptomsAdulthoodChildrenQoL.ChildhoodHoarding symptomsImpairmentDisorders